Renate's Baton: Leading a choir in Newmarket

Good Morning, Starshine! Sesame Street is my inspiration for our small group song, my YRCC Muppet friends.  The Sesame Street version of Goo...

  A big reminder that next week we move to Tuesdays!   Monday was choir night for so long, it's going to be strange. But, the days of th...

One of the songs we are singing this season and probably next is On Eagle's Wings. It's a pretty piece, and pretty well-known. US Pr...

Happy Dance      Monday, March 21st was WONDERFUL! 1. You Raise Me Up When I am down and oh my soul’s so weary: pandemic, all the time! ...

It was wonderful having Donna accompany us and help us learn parts! You can tell she's been doing this for a while; she's fantastic....

YRCC choir members, please come back as soon as you're comfortable.  We have plenty of space at Trinity Aurora. We are currently sitting...

My plan for last week's rehearsal (7-Mar-2022) didn't happen. The forecast looked terrible, so we cancelled. Good thing, because the...

  See you next week. I'll post again before next Monday.

Monday, February 28th, 2022 Well, while it wasn't the rehearsal I had planned, the joy of reunion and of being where I need to be was th...

I created a Sunshine Medley just for us for this post-pandemic season, combining three up-beat feel-good songs to represent our return to si...

I just saw a post on Facebook about the newest reopening dates and details and it looks so good! Here's the visual that attracted my att...

My YRCC choir friends might be interested in reading things I have in my other blogs, Old Pollyanna and Musical Empathy.  I write because I...

I'm so happy to be planning in-person rehearsals starting at the end of February! Tonight, we meet on Zoom, and for the next few weeks. ...

  I thought you'd find this interesting... Services offered by Inn From the Cold Inn From the Cold provides emergency shelter and suppor...

Work-life balance, move over, step aside! This challenge is even bigger, harder: Screen-life balance.  We are missing important moments beca...

I don't even know what to say here. I really just want to know when we can meet to sing and rehearse and what the chances are for us to ...

For our choir, the YRCC, 2021 was almost entirely a year of Zoom. We met twice in Fairy Lake Park and twice at Trinity Anglican in Aurora. O...

 Christmas 2021 was jolly and merry in my home because we all worked together to see everyone, even if it was just FaceTime or Zoom and driv...

 Merry Christmas, friends! It’s not turning out the way we planned in our house, but Christmas will be merry and bright and we will count ou...

I'm so happy just thinking about the fact that we can meet next Monday!  You know, they say that planning a vacation is as good a mood l...

YRCC member Pat Richards is recommending a holiday concert for a good cause. It also looks like it's going to be a fantastic show. Go ta...